Wanda SLSC News – Page 13 – Wanda Surf Life Saving Club

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NATIONAL LEADERS MASTER CLASS
13-15 September 2019

Wanda’s Deputy President Nathan Spinner and Wanda parent Professor Ngaire Brown spent the weekend in Adelaide attending the annual National Leaders Master Class. Over the weekend, participants further developed their leadership skills and will continue to contribute to the ongoing success of SLS. We look forward to hearing about the skills learned and how they can be implemented at the club. Congratulations to both on your selection and representing Wanda at a National level. Professor Ngiare Brown was the first recipient of SLSA’s Multicultural and Indigenous Scholarship – Congratulations to you both!

THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 2019 HONOURS LIST
June 2019

Congratulations to our Director of Administration, John C. De Cean OAM, who received an Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to surf lifesaving. This is great public recognition of the significant contribution John has given to surf lifesaving over the past 40 years. Well-deserved John!

Congratulations to Mick Georgaris on receiving the Premier’s Volunteer Recognition for his 40 years of service to Surf Lifesaving.

Mick has been a member of Surf Lifesaving for forty years and has contributed a great amount of time, in particular, at Wanda Surf Lifesaving Club, where he has competed, held a committee position as Ski Captain, coached and has spent an enormous amount of time repairing and fixing our craft over the years. We congratulate Mick on this prestigious award, please join us in thanking Mick for his amazing service and contribution.

Prime Minister accepts position of Vice Patron of Surf Life Saving

The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia has accepted the honoured position of Vice Patron of Surf Life Saving (see picture with John Baker ESM at Wanda SLSC).

SLSA has been privileged in the past to have the Prime Minister fulfilling the Vice Patron role within our organisation, along with our Chief Patrons His Royal Highness Prince Philip KG KT OM GBE AC QSO PC, Duke of Edinburgh and His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), Governor-General of Australia.

Read more here

Wanda’s Unsung Hero! Congratulations to Wanda’s Director of Lifesaving and Youth Development Officer for Surf Life Saving Sydney Mikaela Sutherland on winning the Freemasons of NSW/ACT Community Service Award 2019.

Mikaela volunteers for more than 300 hours a year. She is a regular blood donor and has organised fundraising initiatives for cerebral palsy and cancer research. She volunteers for the Mirabelle Foundation who assist children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental substance abuse and also volunteers at ‘Plates 4 Mates’, providing food for the homeless. Mikaela has been an active member of Toastmasters International for two years and sits on the executive committee of the “Professional Women Sydney” club.

It’s great to see young members of the community being acknowledged for putting the needs of others first, well done Mikaela!

BRIGHTON LE SANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL SWIMMING PROGRAM

Wanda Surf Life Saving Club loaned the School Swimming Unit of the Department of Education some Marker Bouys to help them run a swimming program for Brighton-le-sands Public School in Brighton Bath. Thanks to Patrol 6 Captain Gerard Cafe for helping out with the program.

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Meet our new Bronze Medallion Award Holders.

Congratulations to all members on receiving their Bronze Medallion on Saturday 16th Feb. We’re looking forward to seeing you in patrol uniform and helping out at carnivals, with our nippers and water safety. Thank you.

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On Carnival day we also celebrated another honourable event where we got to christen Wanda’s newest IRB – Sam ‘The Ax’ Axiotis. Congratulations Sam, we hope you have fun in your new rubber ducky!!

Check out the carnival and IRB launch photos here >>

Congratulations Wanda for taking out the overall point score at our 3rd annual Tradies One-Club Carnival on Saturday followed by Elouera, Cronulla, North Bondi and North Cronulla.

We saw 900+ surf sports competitors from under-9s to Masters make their way to Wanda Beach from across Sydney and NSW with some coming from as far as Port Noarlunga in South Australia and Anglesea in Victoria.

Check out the full report and photos here!

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December’s Patrol Member of the Month award goes to Elyssa Pierce.

Not only a leader in the competitor field but also a great role model for surf lifesaving. Elyssa is always proactive on patrol, willing to help and always showing great leadership to the younger patrol members.

Elyssa recently attained her Silver Medallion which enables her to lead and manage a lifesaving team in emergency and non-emergency situations. Upskilling is a crucial part of our role and this sets a great example to up and coming members of the club.

Elyssa is now the proud owner of a $50 Ripcurl voucher.

Well done Elyssa, happy shopping!

Wanda’s Volunteers have been saving lives since 1946 – Check out the latest edition of Wanda What’s Happening? here –